Grapefruit corer



June 19, 1928.

J. MOSCRIP GRAPEFRUIT CORER Filed May 31, 1927 wuemtov Ja/m/Mas'crg/ p Patented June 19, 1928.

'JoHN MOSCRIP, or TAMPA, FLORIDA.

GRAPEFRUIT CORER.

Application filed May 31, 1927. Serial no, 195,528.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel grapefruit corer which can be manu-.

factured at relatively small cost and which will be eiiicient in removing grapefruit or other citrus fruits.

I attain the objects of my invention by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 1s a perspective view of my 1nventlon in use;

Flgure 2 1s a top plan Fig. 1s a longitudinal section of same; and a on line 38 of Fig. 2,

Like numerals designate like parts in each of the several views. Y

Referringto the accompanying drawings, I provide a bowl 1 havlng a handle 7 at tached thereto at a point spaced substantially from the edge of the bowl and half to one-third Way down on the body ofthe bowl. The handle 7 has an expanded orfiloop'ed portion 8. The bowl 1 has an enlarged in dentation 3 and terminates in a sub-bowl 4 which is provided with a plurality of openings 5. The main bowl '1 is also provided with slots 6.. The edge 2 of the bowl is tapered to a sharp edgeso that it will cut the fibres of the fruit readily.

In operating the device a, combination scoop and cutting movement'is used. The 'bowl 1 by means of thehandle 7 is rotated about its imaginary center at the same time as it is pressed down and around the seeds and core in the scoop motion. Such combined motions serve to edges of the bowl against the fibres of the fruit in a slicing-cutting motion rather than by a direct and not eifective press-cut. The bowl by this means is caused to cut through the fruit in the manner illustrated in the drawings. The airin thebowl is expressed through the slots 6 and the bottom openings 5 on the downward or initial motion of the tool and also serve as outlets for the juice during and at the completion of the removal of the core. The enlarged indentation of the bowl functions: to cause the bowl to press most of the juice out from the core, as the core is cut out from the fruit, the

slots 6 permitting of free release of the the core of "seeds, bring the sharpened p juice as it is pressed out and the openings 5 in the bottom of the bowl also permitting of escape of the juice; The handle 7 is fixed to the bowl in a practical position about of an inch from the cutting edge of 5s v the rim ofthe bowl.

What I claim is' i 1. In a fruit corer, the combination of a bowl having an edge sharpened to severthe fibres of'the fruit, an enlarged indentation i in the bowl, slots in the bowl for the escape of juice, a sub-bowlto receive the pulp from which the juice has been pressed by passage of the ring-like indentation, also having openings juice, and a handle attached to the bowl.

2. In a fruit corer, the combination of a bowl. having an edge sharpened to sever the fibres of the fruit, an enlarged indentation in the bowl, slotsin the bowl for the .70 escape of juice, a sub-bowl having openings in the bottom thereof for the escape of juice, and a handle attached-to thebowl at a point spaced substantiallydistant from the cutting edge. of the bowl.

3. In a grapefruit corer, the combination of a bowl of suitable size to remove the core r of the fruit with a combined scoop and cutting motion; said bowl having a sharpened in its sides for the escape of juice and having a plurality of perforations in its bottom for the escape of juice but retaining the and a handle aflixed to the bowl at a oint substantially distant fromthe cutting 35 .edge of the bowl to facilitate operation of the device. 4. In a grapefruit corer,the combination of a bowl having an enlarged indentation of suitable sizeto remove the core of the fruit with a combined scoop and cutting motion, said bowl having a sharpened edge, the bowl having a plurality of slots in its "sides for the escape of juice, the seeds being retained, and a handle aflixed to the bowl at a point substantially distant from the cutting edge of the bowl to facilitate operation of the device.

JOHN MOSORIP.

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